Medical Pregnancy Questions, Worries and Complaints

Pregnancy brings new experiences and changes - both exciting and scary! Here's...
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Pregnancy brings new experiences and changes - both exciting and scary! Here's the one-stop place to ask medical questions, share worries and complaints about what you're experiencing and give support and answers to those who need it.less

**Edited to add: This board is also for those that are NOT pregnant. Sorry to make you (general) think you are not welcome to ask your womanly medical questions, because you are!

I know many of you are from the old babycenter, and many more are new to the site altogether, so welcome to all!
We are once again lucky enough to have Dr. Larry Kincheloe , an Ob/Gyn with us! He hosted the Pregnancy Worries and Complaints Board on the old BabyCenter and has agreed to move over here with us. He is a member of the Quality Assurance Department of Baptist Medical Center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and is a member of INTEGRIS Family Care Central. Dr. Kincheloe was board certified in obstetrics and gynecology in 1989.
Here are the guidelines that Dr. Kinch has in place, so please read:
These are the basic rules I try to follow in hosting this forum:
1. I can't answer questions of reassurance, For example:
A. I am bleeding, am I miscarrying?
B. My baby is not moving as much, is there something wrong?
C. I am having pain, is something wrong?
D. Is my cramping normal?
These need to be evaluated by a doctor and I would not want to give any advice that might delay a patient in seeing her physician. It is so hard to do an exam over the internet. This is where other folk's stories of their own past and current pregnancies is are so important.
2. I read every question, but due to time limitations I can't answer every question. So, if a person asks a question and another person gives an accurate answer.....than I just lurk in the background. You folks have an amazing amount of combined knowledge floating out there in cyber space.
3. I am not shy nor easily offended so all questions are fair game.
4. I have a dry and some would say a warped sense of humor which doesn't always get conveyed thru the NET.
5. Due to there being only so many hours in a day.....I can't write a book. For example, one woman asked, "Tell me everything you know about preeclampsia." I keep the answers short (and hopefully) to the point.
Dr. Larry Kincheloe
Also, BBC Guidelines apply to this board, as with any other. Here is a direct link for those who need it.
http://community.babycenter.com/p/guidelines

PS: If everyone could please NOT type in shorthand (i.e., text-hand), it would be GREATLY APPRECIATED. Writing in such a manner makes it very difficult to understand what you (general) are saying/asking, and your post very well may be over-looked because we can't decipher what it is you're trying to say. Thank-you very much!